chemist at large
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Message #1374 posted by chemist at large (Info) May 01, 2008 10:36:23 ET
In Reply to: Re: Marijuana Tea Recipe posted by nomilkbaby (Info) March 26, 2008 19:37:53 ET
a few things you can do- use lactose free milk, soy milk (silk vanilla is nice, silk w/ DHA gives you a small amnt of an omega-3 fatty acid that is severely lacking in the western diet. Also, instead of butter- you might try ghee (clarified butter), which is butter with all the milk solids and water removed. according to ayurvedic medicine, it's better than regular milk products for asthmatics and other "congested" people. The reason ghee came to mind is because one of the main ways of making tradition chai tea is to toss all of your spices and tea in a pot, then water, then a bit of butter or ghee- to get the fat/oil fractions of the herbs into the tea. Traditionally it's simmered for quite a while, many Indian (dot, not feather ;) ) households have chai on the stove through many of the waking hours. I know that there are some traditional cannibis tea like beverages consumed in india. I'll bet one could add a little cannabis to a pot of chai, and have positive effects, as well as a tasty beverage. Now, I havent tried it with the bhang added- but when I make chai, I use a microwave on low power for awhile to cheat and simulate hours of simmering. Don't try with teabags- they'll break. Toss in your herbs or masala mix and tea, and cow/soy products, and run on low for 10min or so depending on how strong you like, etc- then strain through tea strainer or cheesecloth. I have no clue how this might effect it if one had cannabis in the mix. It might really increase the extraction of the various yummies, as on a molecular scale, a microwave turns water molecules into little buzzsaws that would cause alot of movement in the suspension. Anyway, the microwave chai method works great for extracting the various compounds of the other herbs, so....
I found this after typing all the crap above- it's got a link to bhang chai and some other goodies. http://www.indiacurry.com/faqterms/whatbhang.htm
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